New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): AAP chief and Former Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain, who was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) in reference to alleged irregularities within the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) tendering course of, stated on Wednesday that his arrest was linked to the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections.
‘It is completed due to Punjab elections,’ Jain stated after being arrested within the case.
Before the courtroom listening to within the DJB alleged rip-off case assembled, Senior Advocate Maninder Singh for Satyender Jain, stated, ‘Supreme Court tips have been violated. The grounds of arrest are lacking.’
Along with Satyendar Jain, the ACB can be presenting different accused – Udit Prakash Rai (IAS), former CEO, Delhi Jal Board, Ankit Srivastava, former contractual guide, Delhi Jal Board, Nagendra Yadav, Proprietor M/s AN Enterprises, Raja Kumar Kurra, Owner M/s Euroteck Environment Pvt. Ltd, Pankaj Verma, Proprietor M/s Srijanhar- earlier than Rouse Avenue Court
They have been arrested in an ACB FIR registered on 11.05.2024 underneath Sections 7, 7A, 9, 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018) learn with Sections 42, 409, 418, 120-B IPC.
Jain was arrested for alleged large-scale irregularities, manipulation of tender situations and prison conspiracy within the tendering course of associated to the augmentation and upgradation of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB).
Meanwhile, AAP chief and Leader of Opposition within the Delhi Assembly Atishi termed Jain’s arrest a ‘BJP conspiracy’ and ‘witch-hunt’, alleging that he was being focused forward of the Punjab elections.
Atishi stated, ‘The arrest of Aam Aadmi Party chief Satyendar Jain is a part of a BJP conspiracy and ‘witch-hunt’.’
She alleged that the BJP was not dealing with comparable motion regardless of alleged scams in Delhi, and in contrast Jain’s arrest together with his earlier arrest in 2022.
‘On the opposite hand, we’re witnessing a repeat of what occurred in 2022-23. Back then, Satyendar Jain was implicated in a fabricated case; he was stored in jail for 2 years, just for it to be revealed later that there was no proof and his arrest was wrongful,’ Atishi stated.
She additional alleged that Jain was focused at the moment when he was the get together’s in-charge for Himachal Pradesh, claiming that the transfer was aimed toward disrupting the elections there.
‘At that point, he was the get together’s in-charge for Himachal Pradesh, and the transfer was aimed toward disrupting the elections there. Now, because the co-in-charge for Punjab–where elections are scheduled for February–he is as soon as once more being focused as a part of a BJP conspiracy,’ she stated.
Atishi added, ‘The folks of Punjab will definitely give a befitting reply to those makes an attempt to harass the Aam Aadmi Party within the state.’ (ANI)